NEET 2020: After JEE Main, NTA Gears Up For Medical Entrance Exam

After JEE Main, the National Testing Agency (NTA) is now gearing up for conducting medical entrance exam NEET scheduled to be held on September 13 for which over 15 lakh candidates have registered.

Shivani Arora
Published on: 7 Sep 2020 8:11 AM GMT
NEET 2020: After JEE Main, NTA Gears Up For Medical Entrance Exam
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After JEE Main, the National Testing Agency (NTA) is now gearing up for conducting medical entrance exam NEET scheduled to be held on September 13 for which over 15 lakh candidates have registered. The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE Main 2020), which began on September 1 for admission to engineering colleges, concluded on Sunday. The crucial exams are being conducted in September after being postponed twice in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NTA:

According to NTA officials, 15.97 lakh candidates from across the country have registered for NEET, which is a pen-paper based test unlike JEE. In order to maintain social distancing, the NTA has increased the number of centres from 2,546 to 3,843 for the NEET. While the number of candidates per room has been reduced from earlier 24 to 12.

"For ensuring social distancing outside the examination hall, the entry and exit of candidates has been staggered. Adequate arrangements have also been made outside the examination centres to enable candidates stand with adequate social distancing while waiting," a senior NTA official said.

"Candidates have also been issued an advisory guiding them about the 'dos and don'ts' for proper social distancing. We have also written to states governments to extend support in local movement of the candidates so that they are able to reach their examination centres on time," the official added.

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Masks, Sanitizers:

Making hand sanitisers available at the entrance of the examination centre and inside the exam hall at all times. Replacing the process of checking the admit cards of candidates with barcode readers. Increasing the number of examination centres, alternate seating plans. Fewer candidates per room and staggered entry and exit are among the steps the NTA has taken.

"While all the candidates will be asked to go to the exam centres with masks and sanitisers. Once they enter the centre, they will have to use the masks provided by the examination authority. "Each candidate will be offered a three-ply mask at the time of entry. And are expected to wear the same during the examination in order to avoid any form of unfair means at the time of examination.

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There has been a growing chorus for postponing the exams amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases. The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the two exams amid a spurt in the number of COVID-19 cases. SC said a "precious year" of students cannot be wasted and life has to go on.

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Several opposition leaders, including Congress' Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik. Also, DMK president M K Stalin and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had also demanded that the exams be postponed.

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